MEDICATION PROCEDURE

1. An adult must transport medication to and from school.

2. Parents should make every effort to schedule the students' medication in a manner that medicine brought to school will be kept at a minimim.

Example: medication 2 times daily: before school and at bedtime

medication 3 times daily: before school, after school, bedtime

medication 4 times daily: before school, at school at lunchtime, after school, bedtime

3. Medicine must be prescribed by a licensed physician or dentist only.

4. All medication must have a physician's order. THIS INCLUDES OVER THE COUNTER MEDICATION. All medication must be accompanied by a medication requirement form completed by student's physician and signed by the parent.

5. All medicine must be in a properly labeled bottle (including over the counter medicine prescribed by your doctor). A bottle properly labeled will have the label affixed by the pharmacist who filled the prescription. The label will include the following: patient's name, dosage, hours for administering, doctor's name and the date prescription was filled.

6. All medications must be deposited with the school nurse or a person designated by the principal.

7. Students assume responsibility for coming to the clinic to take their medicine.

8. Unused medications must be picked up by the end of the last day of the school year unless arrangements have been made with the school nurse. Unused medications not picked up by the last school day will be disposed of.

PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL NO LONGER PROVIDE TYLENOL/PEPTO-BISMOL TO STUDENTS UNLESS IT HAS BEEN SENT FROM HOME . IF YOU FEEL THAT YOUR CHILD MIGHT HAVE A NEED FOR SUCH ON A REGULAR BASIS, YOU MAY SEND IT WITH THE APPROPRIATE FORM COMPLETED BY YOUR PHYSICIAN AND SIGNED BY YOU.